Ok, well, I searched on how to bleed my clutch. Most of them are just for sloppy or new clutches. My clutch is dead, pedal sticking to the floor. Would I just keep pumping the dead clutch then open the valve? Or have the valve open always?

 

Yes, pump the clutch repeatedly (like 5 or 6 times) If it sticks just pull it up. Hold the pedal down and open the bleeder screw. Then repeat, over and over and over until you get a pedal that returns. Then do it again and again and again... You get the idea. Make sure the resevoir is always full or you'll get even more air in the system. When you have a good pedal, top off the fluid close the resevoir and take her for a test drive. Drive it until it gets up to temperature, if it's still fine you're done!

Good luck :thumbup:

 

when u bleed the clutch, i usually have a friend with me, in fact, ive always had a friend with me to pump it, pump pump pump, hold down....bleed, and then repeat....

 

All my friends are fat and lazy . I'll just tell my buddy I'll bring him to a chinese buffet if it works.

 

By repeat do you mean close the screw, pump again, open, close, pump, open, close?

 

You really need 2 people to do this. Have someone pump the clutch with the master cylinder cap off so you can keep an eye on the fluid level. Pump -- hold -- open the slave cylinder bleeder -- let the fluid push out into a canister of some kind until it stops -- close the bleeder -- helper pulls the pedal back up and repeats the pumping. As I said, keep an eye on the level because if you run out of fluid in the reservoir then you have to start over. Pump like 3 - 5 times or whatever. Just keep doing this until you stop seeing bubbles coming out. Speaking of, it's nice to use a clear tube on the bleeder valve because that way you can see the bubbles.

hih

 

what this man says....i was just being lazy... lol sorry

 

Yes, sorry. WCS beat me to it :happysad:, like he says. I have a vacuum bleeder, that helps but you still have to pump it after. This was always my least favourite part of changing clutches. You'll make or break your flat rate on bleeding.

 

Clutches are easy, brakes are much worse. h:


Favorite.

 

:chuckles: Bleeding brakes makes my legs wobbly.